Jimdamick
Well-Known Member
I never in my wildest imagination would think that I could or would really like Senator John McCain, he theoretically being a conservative Republican, but that was then, and this is now.
I do admire the man for his service to this country, especially surviving the traumas of being a POW in Vietnam and his present battle with cancer, but I REALLY respect him for his stand against Trumpcare.
Now I love that bastard
Sen. McCain of Arizona, the Republican who delivered the final blow to the previous attempt to overhaul the US healthcare system, may have done the same thing again when he came out against the latest healthcare legislation on Friday afternoon.
In a statement, McCain said the lack of order in crafting the legislation was what pushed him away.
"I would consider supporting legislation similar to that offered by my friends Senators Graham and Cassidy were it the product of extensive hearings, debate and amendment," McCain said. "But that has not been the case. Instead, the specter of September 30 budget reconciliation deadline has hung over this entire process.
"We should not be content to pass health care legislation on a party-line basis, as Democrats did when they rammed Obamacare through Congress in 2009," McCain added. "If we do so, our success could be as short-lived as theirs when the political winds shift, as they regularly do. The issue is too important, and too many lives are at risk, for us to leave the American people guessing from one election to the next whether and how they will acquire health insurance. A bill of this impact requires a bipartisan approach."
So, all it will take is another nay vote from the Senators from Maine (Collins) and Alaska (Murkowski) to kill this POS bill, which is almost a guarantee to happen.
Gotta love the idea of that piss ant Trump, or as his fellow nut job, kim jong un, so aptly called him earlier today, a "dotard", jumping up and down screaming, "not again"
Nice.
I do admire the man for his service to this country, especially surviving the traumas of being a POW in Vietnam and his present battle with cancer, but I REALLY respect him for his stand against Trumpcare.
Now I love that bastard
Sen. McCain of Arizona, the Republican who delivered the final blow to the previous attempt to overhaul the US healthcare system, may have done the same thing again when he came out against the latest healthcare legislation on Friday afternoon.
In a statement, McCain said the lack of order in crafting the legislation was what pushed him away.
"I would consider supporting legislation similar to that offered by my friends Senators Graham and Cassidy were it the product of extensive hearings, debate and amendment," McCain said. "But that has not been the case. Instead, the specter of September 30 budget reconciliation deadline has hung over this entire process.
"We should not be content to pass health care legislation on a party-line basis, as Democrats did when they rammed Obamacare through Congress in 2009," McCain added. "If we do so, our success could be as short-lived as theirs when the political winds shift, as they regularly do. The issue is too important, and too many lives are at risk, for us to leave the American people guessing from one election to the next whether and how they will acquire health insurance. A bill of this impact requires a bipartisan approach."
So, all it will take is another nay vote from the Senators from Maine (Collins) and Alaska (Murkowski) to kill this POS bill, which is almost a guarantee to happen.
Gotta love the idea of that piss ant Trump, or as his fellow nut job, kim jong un, so aptly called him earlier today, a "dotard", jumping up and down screaming, "not again"
Nice.
